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		<title>Board cannot discuss issues outside meetings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  The “Associations” column below is reprinted by permission of authors Stephen Glassman and Donie Vanitzian. Copyright S. Glassman and D. Vanitzian                                                                                  (from June 06, 2010 L.A. Times)                 STEPHEN GLASSMAN and DONIE VANITZIAN Question:  I asked one of our association board directors why owners choose to be on the board, given the stress [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What can board do when an owner blocks repairs?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  The “Associations” column below is reprinted by permission of authors Stephen Glassman and Donie Vanitzian. Copyright S. Glassman and D. Vanitzian                                                                                     (from May 30, 2010 L.A. Times)                                  STEPHEN GLASSMAN and DONIE VANITZIAN  Question:  I am a frustrated condo owner in a small association. Our board seems to be doing a responsible job of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://condodefense.com/what-can-board-do-when-an-owner-blocks-repairs/</link>
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		<title>Director is shut out of meetings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The “Associations” column below is reprinted by permission of authors Stephen Glassman and Donie Vanitzian. Copyright S. Glassman and D. Vanitzian                                                                                         (from May 23, 2010 L.A. Times)                 STEPHEN GLASSMAN and DONIE VANITZIAN  Question:  The board of our homeowner’s association has barred an elected director from attending any of the board’s closed executive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What to do if money is missing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The “Associations” column below is reprinted by permission of authors Stephen Glassman and Donie Vanitzian. Copyright S. Glassman and D. Vanitzian” (from April 11, 2010 L.A. Times) STEPHEN GLASSMAN and DONIE VANITZIAN Question: I am the new treasurer of our homeowner association board. I’ve discovered that during the last four years more than $100,000 has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Would You Like To Have a Homeowner Ombudsman in California?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  CALIFORNIA HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION OMBUDSMANA Bandaid Fix on a Bleeding Carotid? January 28, 2005 By Ann Roth (View author info) Copyright Ann Roth    In a recent AHRC editorial it was written that the Community Association Institute desires to Gut the California Law Revision Commission proposal for a homeowner association OMBUDSMAN office. The OMBUDSMAN proposal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://condodefense.com/would-you-like-to-have-a-homeowner-ombudsman-office-in-california/</link>
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		<title>Board has a duty to provide records</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The “Associations” column below is reprinted by permission of authors Stephen Glassman and Donie Vanitzian.                                                             Copyright S. Glassman and D.Vanitzian”.                                                                           (from January 10, 2010 L.A. Times)   “Board has a duty to provide records”                 STEPHEN GLASSMAN and DONIE VANITZIAN Question:  I sent my homeowners association board the following request: “According to Civil Code Section1365.2 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://condodefense.com/board-has-a-duty-to-provide-records/</link>
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		<title>Common Interest Developments and COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS CODES and REGULATIONS. ABC &#8211; Part 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Note: The list below is courtesy of one of our readers CALIFORNIA BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE § 11500. Definitions § 11501. “Common Interest Development Manager” § 11502. “Certified Common Interest Development Manager” § 11502.5. Competency Examinations § 11503. Exception § 11504. Disclosures § 11505. Unfair Business Practice § 11506. Expiration CIVIL CODE § 43.99. Liability [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://condodefense.com/common-interest-developments-and-community-associations-codes-and-regulations-abc-part-3/</link>
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		<title>Common Interest Developments and COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS CODES and REGULATIONS.   ABC – PART 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As promised in Part 1, we will speak here about Donie Vanitzian’s book “California Common Interest Developments – Homeowners Guide” and the “Condominium Bluebook”. I will briefly review and discuss these sources here. 1)       The book “CALIFORNIA COMMON INTEREST DEVELOPMENTS – Homeowners Guide” includes the following: Association Essentials Meetings Minutes Inspection of Public Records [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://condodefense.com/common-interest-developments-and-community-associations-codes-and-regulations-abc-%e2%80%93-part-2/</link>
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		<title>Common Interest Developments and COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS CODES and REGULATIONS. ABC – PART 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you, the reader, know what the abbreviation CC&#38;R stands for? Do you know what is Davis-Stirling Act? Are you surprised to learn that in legal terms your association is being looked at as a corporation? The part below is intended for first time buyers and for those individual owners who are not familiar with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://condodefense.com/common-interest-developments-and-community-associations-codes-and-regulations-abc-%e2%80%93-part-1/</link>
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		<title>Ignore a difficult owner? Bad idea</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The “Associations” column below is reprinted by permission of authors Stephen Glassman and Donie Vanitzian. Copyright S. Glassman and D. Vanitzian” (from November 15, 2009 L.A. Times) “Ignore a difficult owner? Bad idea” STEPHEN GLASSMAN and DONIE VANITZIAN Question: We are an association with less than 10 units. We have an extraordinarily difficult owner in [...]]]></description>
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